Author : Hasok Chang
Release : 2004-08-05
Genre : Philosophy
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 276/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Inventing Temperature by : Hasok Chang
Download or read book Inventing Temperature written by Hasok Chang. This book was released on 2004-08-05. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author presents simple yet challenging epistemic and technical questions about temperature-measuring instruments, and the complex web of abstract philosophical issues surrounding them. He also shows that many items of knowledge we take for granted are in fact spectacular achievements obtained after a great deal of innovative thinking.